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Professor Alan Fitzsimmons

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons

Professor Fitzsimmons is an expert in the field of asteroid and cometary science. He usesworld-leading observatories to measure the physical properties of Solar System bodies and their composition.

Highlights have ranged from studying the first asteroid predicted to impact the Earth, to investigating the nature of the first object discovered visiting us from another star.

He is an author on over 130 peer-reviewed publications, and his research has been funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Royal Society, the European Space Agency, the Leverhulme Trust, and the European Union (FP7 & H2020).